Combined advertising device and twine holder



May 29 1923. 4

J. L. ORR

I COMBINED ADVERTISING DEVICE AND TWINE HOLDER Filed July 21, 1921 Patented May 29, 1923.

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ire-ea PAT JOSEPH L WRENCE one, or LEXINGTON, ugment- .1m.

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*EAlpplication filed. .LuLy'21, 1821'. Serial NoiASGfiG-lf.

To all whom it mmroame mflw Beit known thatwI, Jfosnrn; LAWRENCE ORB, an oitizen'of. the: United States, residing at. Lexingtom in the county of Davidson and State of NortlrCa rolina, have invented certain new and useful" Improvements in Gombined: Advertising Devices and TwinezHolders'; and do declare the" following to bea full; clear, and exact description ofthe in- Y 10 uentiomsu'ch' as will enable: others skilled in the art-to which it apperta i-ns to make and use the. same; i'

'Myinvention relatesto improvements in twine holdingdevices'for use in numerous T5 kindsof' storesand::lias -=-1vefei'ence more particularly to devices of this character intended for displaying. advertising matter conspicuously and directing attention'the'reto whenever the twine isused. I

The object/of the invention: is: toiprovide an extremely simple and inexpensivayet a highly efficient and desirable: device of the class set forth, which is providedwith a great number of advertising. spaces so that at? least one advertisement-can bezseen re gardless ofsthe; direction. from which the device isviewedi. i I L w. With the foregoing. l'I I QVlGW the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanyingdrawingst a re 1 isa side elevation,- partly insection, showing a device constructed: in accordance with my invention.

Figure-.2 i s'a vertieal transverse sectional view as indicated by line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view as indicated by line 44 of Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the strip of metal which carries the twine tensioning device to be described.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a vertically disposed rectangular frame having upstanding side boards 2, a horizontal upper end board 3 and a similar lower end board 4, all of said boards, 2, 3 and a being preferably of ornamental outline,-substantially as shown. The lower faces of theboards 3 and at and both faces ofthe side boards 2 are adapted to display advertising matter and hence when the frame 1 is suspended near the ceiling of the store, by. any preferred means 5, at least one of the advertisements may be seen, re-

desired another eye "1*5- may berpi'ovide'di atv V .oneaof the lower corners of the-:framepulled, preparatoryto wrapping :a bundle,

gardlessthe direction from which device-is viewed-.- 1

Extendingibjetwen theboa-rds 3 and 41 and positioned at the inner side of one-of boards. 2,. are-two verticalguide WLTGSJB which are preferably bent. from single length of 'wmeasshown clearly in Fig; '2.

The upper ends ofthe-wires 6' are preferably 7 providedw-ith nuts{;7- for drawing them to the desired degree ofv tightness. .Sl'idahly mountedupon the wires 6, preferably by having. guide eyes '8 receiving said wires, ijs a vertically movable weight 9,, whose-upper end; is provided with a twineeguidiiig eye; 10.

Above'the eye 10, the' top board 3-isi-prof vided with an opening; 11;, while at point adjacent said opening; -1-1, anotheropeninglQ is formed through said, board; twine I3 is adapted to passv upwardly;through. tl*1e 5 throughthe opening 11 and. passed through.. 1 the eye 10, and to'then pass through guide opening 1E2, to be looped ;downwardily eyes 14 at one of the upper corners oft-he frame 1. From these guide eyes, "flier-twine is adapted to depend: to the counter and "if From the constructionz'so iiarrdescr-ibied,;it will be seen that; each llllll1&cllll.8 twineais the weight 9 will be raised and. that when and raise the twine: above.- the counter; I

to operate an. audible: signal soi-as toattract attention to the advertising matter displayed by the frame 1.

the twine is. :broke11,. saidweight wilihdiiop In the present showing, I have mounted a it:

gong 16 onthe side board 2 adjacent the weight 9 and have pivoted a clapper 17 ,to said side board in position to be struck by one of'the eyes 8, which eye is of greater size than the others as seen fully in Figs.

2 and 4. By this arrangement, each time the weight 9 is pulled upwardly, the gong 16 is sounded and the patrons attention is directed to the advertising matteron the frame .1. Similarly, when the weight 9 is again dropped the gong is again sounded. to further direct attention to the advertising' matter, thereby making the device an *unusually efi'ective advertising medium, par

ticularly when it is borne in mind that the advertisement may be viewed from-numer- J ous angles.

Any suitable means may be provided on the lower end board 1 for holding the ball or roll of twine, and I have here shown a post 18 for this purpose. Similarly, numerous forms of twine-tensioning devices may be employed. I prefer, however, to secure a flat metal strip 19 upon the upper face of the top board 3, to provide this strip with openings alined with the openings 11 and 12, so that the twine may pass therethrough as shown in Fig. 1 and to mount a pivoted, gravity-lowered drag or tensioning device 20 on the inner endof said strip. This ten-' sioning device is preferably of the construction shown, being formed from a singlestrip of metal with one end 21 bent upon itself around an appropriate weight 22, the other end of said strip being bent upon itself at 23 around a staple 24 which forms a pivot therefor. After the bend 23 is made the strip is bent in the opposite direction upon itself and extended to form a thumb-piece 25 normally inclined as seen in Fig. 1. When threading the twine 13 upwardly through the opening 12, the thumb-piece 25 is depressed so that thetensioning device 20 is moved to an out of the way position.

Since excellent results may be obtained from the details shown,'they are preferably followed. It is to be understood, however, that within the scope of the inventionv as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made.

I claim:

1. A twine holder comprising a substantially rectangular vertically disposed openended frame work, means for carrying a I bundle of twine thereon, a pair of vertically disposed wires extending between the top and bottom of said frame, a weight, eyes upon opposite sides of said'weight and adapted to slidably pass up and down on said wires, an arm carried by said weight. a signal carried by said frame work and disposed adjacent the vertical pathway of ally mounted and extending longitudinally of said upper end member and having its free end in twine engaging position, the pivoted end ofthe tensioning strip being provided with a handle extension permitting movement of the tensioning strip to an in-' operative position, and a twine guide adjacent the opening above the weight.

3. In a structure of the character described, a frame, guide means disposed vertically in said frame, a twine holding element, a weight slidably carried by said guide means for movement vertically of the frame, a signal bell, a hammer for said bell pivotally mounted, abutment means extending from said weight to engage said hammer and move the same for striking the bell, and twine guiding means carried by said frame, said weight being provided with a twinereceiving eye whereby twine may be led from the'twine carrier 1n engagement with the twine guidlng means of the frame Wlth'ib portion of the twine carried downwardly of the weight mounting means and slidably engaged with the eye of the weight and cause the weight to be moved vertically and impart movement to the hammer.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH L. ORR. 

